The city usually displays the U.S., California, POW-MIA and Costa Mesa city flags. After it displayed the rainbow flag, a city councilman wants two additional flags flown.
About four months after voting to fly the rainbow flag outside City Hall, the Costa Mesa City Council on Tuesday will consider raising a couple of other flags: one for “Blue Lives Matter” and another for “In God We Trust.”
At the May 7 meeting, Councilman Allan Mansoor, who cast the only dissenting vote on the rainbow flag, mentioned that he wanted to sponsor a resolution to fly the Blue Lives Matter flag — a symbol of support for law enforcement officers — and an “In God We Trust” flag. Mansoor, a former Orange County sheriff’s deputy, was not available for comment Friday.
The report suggests the Blue Lives Matter flag could fly around May 15, which is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day and falls during National Police Week, or on Jan. 9, National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.The phrase “Blue Lives Matter” began as a response to the Black Lives Matter movement that grew after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Blue Lives Matter supporters urge more respect for and better treatment of police forces across the country.
Costa Mesa’s decision to fly a rainbow flag elicited discussion at the May meeting from some who thought it symbolized inclusion and others who felt it showed intolerance for those who do not embrace the LGBTQ community.
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